Ida Ten Eyck O'Keeffe (1889-1961)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Trained as a teacher and nurse, Ida O'Keeffe attempted to launch her art career at the height of the Great Depression. Although she exhibited frequently and remained aware of current art trends, she was unable to establish long-term gallery representation and repeatedly relocated for temporary jobs. Ida's artistic ambitions never earned the support or encouragement of Georgia O'Keeffe.
Alfred Stieglitz and the O'Keeffe Sisters
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
While the O'Keeffe family was never close, for many years the two oldest sisters, Georgia and Ida, held one another in high regard. Although they shared common interests, Ida O'Keeffe was sociable, playful, aond without guile—a foil to her elder sister's introversion. In the 1920s, Ida spent several happy vacations at The Hill, the seasonal home of Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz on Lake George in upstate New York.
Marie Laurencin (French, 1883–1956)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in 1883 and raised by her mother in Paris, Marie Laurencin began her artistic career by studying porcelain painting at the Sèvres factory in 1902 and drawing from the French flower painter Madeleine Lemaire. From 1904 she attended the Académie Humbert, where she changed her vocation to oil painting and became good friends with Georges Braque and Georges Lepape.
Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova (Russian, 1888–1918)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born in 1886 in a little town outside of Vladimir in Russia, Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova moved to Moscow in 1904 to attend the Bol’shakov Art School, train with Konstanin Yuon, and audit classes at Stroganov School of Applied Art.
Lyubov Popova (Russian, 1889–1924)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born into a prosperous Russian family in 1889, Lyubov Popova was well traveled and educated. Between 1907 and 1908, she studied with Stanislav Zhukovsky and Konstantin Yuon, both Russian painters who introduced her to avant-garde styles.
Jeanne Mammen (German, 1890–1976)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born Gertrud Johanna Louise Mammen in Berlin in 1890, Jeanne, as she was called, was raised and educated in Paris. From 1906 until 1911, she studied art at the Académie Julian (a private art school) in Paris and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, as well as in Rome.
Anne Vallayer-Coster (French, 1744-1818)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Anne Vallayer-Coster was born into an upper class, artistic family in Paris in 1744. Her mother was a painter and her father was a goldsmith. Vallayer-Coster likely received her early artistic instruction studying drawing with Madeleine Basseporte, a family friend and godmother to her sister Madeleine, and painting with the celebrated landscapist Joseph Vernet.
Rosa Bonheur (French, 1822–1899)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Rosa Bonheur, a celebrated Realist painter, was born in Bordeaux, France, in 1822.
Elisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun (French, 1755-1842)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Born into an established middle-class Parisian family in 1755, Elisabeth Louise Vigée‑Lebrun first took drawing lessons from her father, Louis Vigée, a reputable pastelist and member of the Académie de Saint-Luc (the prominent painter’s guild in Paris). Showing real potential from a young age, she had access to her father’s studio where she learned to draw and paint from artists including Pierre Davesne and Gabriel François Doyen.
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (French, 1749-1803)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Unlike most women artists of the 18th century, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, born into a non-artistic family in Paris, did not begin her training within the family workshop.